Denver native Ben Kronberg comes home from LA for a comedy show Aug. 1 at the Oriental Theater.

This is the edgy comic’s first Denver appearance since he knocked ’em dead on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in late February.

“It’s going to be a big show,” he tells me. “More than stand-up — variety, video stuff, other special treats I have planned. It’s pretty far out, not for the feint of heart.”

The Northglenn High grad is on ABC’s “Wipeout” on July 22. cq I’ll tune in just to watch co-host Jill Wagner also know as “The Mercury Girl” on TV commercials, who might single-handedly save the Ford Motor Company.

“It was a blast,” says Ben.

For tix to his Denver show, go to theorientaltheater.com cq — just $8.

Burgers

Morton’s is serving a $19.78 hamburger (to celebrate 30 years in the meat biz) on Sunday’s only, $5 of it goes to Make-A-Wish.

I went to opening night at Juicy Lucy’s Steakhouse at 250 Josephine St. Thursday — great prices for steaks and wine – and a fine ground sirloin hamburger at the bar for $12.25. (A smaller version is about $6 at lunch.)

Then again, you can fly to NYC and have a $175 hamburger at Wall Street Burger Shoppe — Kobe beef patty, black truffles, seared foie gras, aged Gruyere cheese, wild mushrooms and flecks of gold leaf on a brioche bun.

Yum.

Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Husted also appears Tuesdays and Fridays on “Good Day Colorado” on Fox 31. You can reach him at 303-954-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.